Larry Rivers with his portrait of poet John Ashbery’s poem “Pyrography” (1977), his studio Southhampton L. I. July 7, 1985. He worked out with weightlift instructor too that day, as well as new styrofoam 3-D painting.

1985

Allen Ginsberg

Associated Names
Allen Ginsberg

Artist, American, 1926 - 1997

The image shows two men in a studio setting. The man in the foreground is standing upright and facing the camera. He has short, slightly wavy hair and focused facial features. He is wearing a black tank top and dark pants. The man in the background is sitting sideways at a desk or table, working on a typewriter or similar object. He is visible from the side and is wearing a light-colored short-sleeved shirt and white pants with dark shoes. Around them, there are large sheets of paper with typed text and some art supplies scattered on the floor. The studio has a cluttered, creative atmosphere with various papers and materials on the floor and against the walls. The background consists mainly of walls and stacks of artistic works.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gary S. Davis

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.2 x 19.9 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.103.19

  • Copyright

    Copyright (c) 2010 The Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved.


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Allen Ginsberg Estate; Ellen and Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York); gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University, New York; The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, 2010 - 2013, no. 81.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Larry Rivers with his portrait of poet John Ashbery's poem "Pyrography" (1977), his studio Southhampton L. I. July 7, 1985. He worked out with weightlift instructor too that day, as well as new styrofoam 3-D painting.

Wikidata ID

Q64073322

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